Rome ruin'd by VVhite Hall, or, The papall crown demolisht

SECT. 3.

AGain, for the further confirmation hereof it is evident, that the Apostle Paul in all his Epistles, whether he writ to Ci∣ties, or Countries, did ever make a distinction, betwixt them whom he had gathered into Church-fellowship, (through the opperation of the Spirit of God) by his preaching (and his fel∣low Apostles) and them who were not of that Brother-hood; instance in his Epistle to the Romans, viz. To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be Saints, &c. these are they in Rome which he writeth unto, and no other; it was only them whom he acknowledgeth to be the called of Jesus Christ, it was for

their peculiar faith (which was spoken throughout the world) that he giveth thankes unto God for, chap. 1. ver. 7. It was only them in Rome which he would make mention of in his prayers. As also to the Church of God which is at Corinth, To them that are sanctified in Jesus Christ, and called to be Saints. It is to them only in Corinth, which he so saluteth, 1 Cor. 1. 2. As also Ephe. 1. 2. Phil. 1. 2. Col. 1. 2. in all which places he doth distinguish them by some speciall marke, from the rest who lived in such places, and were not such like, as to whom he wrot his Epistles.

Now seeing that there was such a distinction betwixt the Scribes, Pharisees, Saduces, and the Church of Christ, consisting of his Apostles, and Disciples, why ought not the Pharisees, and Saduces of this Nation, to be admitted as Members of the Church of Christ, which is now to be extracted out of the world, and Antichristianisme, as it was then out of Judisme, and Hea∣thenisme.